Stock Photo - The prime and backup crews for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel for final prelaunch preparations. From left to right are prime crew members -- NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Soyuz commander; and NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, flight engineer -- along with backup crew members -- NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli. Wheelock, Walker and Yurchikhin are scheduled to lift off June 15 to the International Space Station.Victor Zelentsov

Stock Photo: The prime and backup crews for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony.

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